Philip Shapiro

Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia.

The Narragansett Electric Co. provides electricity services to residents and businesses along the Narragansett Bay. The company is headquartered in Providence, RI.

NG US I, Inc. distributes and transmits electricity and natural gas. It operates electricity distribution companies in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. The company is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Western Beef, Inc. operates a chain of supermarkets. It sells beef, pork, poultry, and groceries products. The company was founded on June 3, 1991 and is headquartered in Ridgewood, NY.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Verizon Wireless Capital LLC operates special purpose finance subsidiary. The firm provides wireless voice and date networking financing. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

NLV Financial Corp. provides insurance and other financial services. It offers a broad range of financial products and services, including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and investment advisory and administrative services. The company is headquartered in headquartered in Montpelier, VT.

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. provides energy and environmental research services. It conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. The firm also provides technology, policy and economic analyses to drive long-range research and development planning and supports research in emerging technologies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC provides nuclear power plant products and services to utilities. It offers automation, instrumentation, control solutions for operating plants, reactor vessel heads, reactor vessel, internals, steam generators, and valves for pressurized water reactors. The company was founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 and is headquartered in Cranberry Township, PA.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center provides medical services. It offers patient care, biomedical research, teaching, and community services. It also provides organ transplantation, breast cancer care, and cardiac surgery services. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The University of Vermont Medical Center provides healthcare services. The firm's services include the Level 1 Trauma Center, the Vermont Children's Hospital, the Vermont Cancer Center, the Ambulatory Care Center, and the Birthing Center. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Vermont Business Roundtable, Inc. operates as nonprofit organization. The company was founded on December 28, 1987 and is headquartered in South Burlington, VT.

Western Electricity Coordinating Council operates an organization to effectively work on the energy system. The non-profit company is based in Salt Lake City, UT. The CEO of the company is V. Louise McCarren.

Part of CohnReznick LLP, Marden, Harrison & Kreuter, CPAS, PC is a company that provides accounting services. The company is based in White Plains, NY. Marden, Harrison & Kreuter, CPAS was acquired by J.H. Cohn LLP on July 24, 2007.

National Life Insurance Co. provides insurance, annuity, and investment services to individuals, families, and businesses. It offers life insurance, living benefits, mutual funds, qualified and non-qualified plans, business continuation and transition, and retirement plans. The company was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Montpelier, VT.

National Life Group is a diversified family of financial service companies that has unifying identity as a product innovator offering personalized service. Companies in the group offer a comprehensive portfolio of life insurance, annuity and investment products to help individuals, families and businesses pursue their financial goals. The company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in Montpelier, VT.

The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization.

ACMI, Inc. provides investment advisory services.

The New England Council, Inc. operates as business association firm. It also offers counseling services to academic, health institutions, public and private organizations. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Somos, Inc. is a company that provides trusted registry management and data solutions. The company is based in East Brunswick, NJ and has subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The company's mission is to empower more intimate and trusted interconnections between brands, consumers, and communities. The company serves as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator and the pooling administrator for over 800 million local and wireless telephone numbers. The company also operates the SMS/800 TFN registry for over 40 million toll-free numbers. Somos helps ensure trust in an increasingly digital world, while delivering value, innovation, and results to consumers. Gina M Perini has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Part of ACMI, Inc., Ariel Alternatives LLC is a private asset management firm that aims to scale sustainable minority-owned businesses to serve as leading vendors to Fortune 500 companies. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The firm's inaugural fund, Project Black, invests in businesses that are not currently minority-owned, as well as existing minority-owned businesses, forging a new class of black and brown entrepreneurs. Through its portfolio companies, Project Black plans to close the racial wealth gap by generating jobs and economic growth within underrepresented communities. The company was founded by Leslie A. Brun, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

United Airlines, Inc. engages in the provision of passenger airline transportation services. It offers business products, United Airlines credit cards, premier access travel services, gift certificates, gift registry, travel products, and trip insurance. The company was founded by Walter T. Varney in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.